Unit 5. Technology and you

Washing machine
Microwave oven
Modern inventions
CD player
Air conditioner
Vacuum cleaner
Modern inventions
English 10
Unit 5:
LISTENING

INTERVIEW
How often do you use each of the items?
Vocabulary

worried
memory
refuse to do sth
excuse
Ex: He was late and made an excuse.
headache
Visual Display Unit
(a) = anxious
(n) = ability to remember
(v) = to reject, incline to do sth
(n) = a reason that you give to explain your behaviour

(n) = continuous pain in head
= (VDU) computer screen



Task 1: True (T) or False (F).
The man was worried when his son bought a computer
The man became worried when his secretary asked him to buy a computer.
The man decided to take some computering lessons.
His son didn’t understand about the computer.
The man understood the lesson very well.
The man continued to learn how to use a computer after a few lessons.
T F
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Task 2: Listen and write in the missing words
He was very helpful. He (1) ______ me to sit down in front of the computer screen. I did not know what it was called. When I asked him what it was, he said that it was a VDU. I (2) ________ didn’t know what VDU was, but I was too shy to ask him any more. From that moment my memory (3) ________ to learn because he told me a lot of things that I really didn’t understand at all.
After a few lessons I began to feel tired. I made an (4) ______ , saying that I had a headache. I suggested we should leave the lesson for another day. Since then I haven’t said (5) ________ about computer to my son and my secretary.

invited
still
refused
Next
excuse
anything
After a few lessons I began to feel tired. I made an (4) ______ , saying that I had a headache. I suggested we should leave the lesson for another day. Since then I haven’t said (5) ________ about computer to my son and my secretary.
Task 2: Listen and write in the missing words
excuse
anything
Key
Homework
Retell the story of the old company director and his experience of learning how to use a computer.
Can you give some advice about how to help old people use computer?
RETELL STORY

Stereo
Television
Computer
Rice cooker
Dishwasher
Printer
Projector
Camera
Hairdryer
Photocopier


Do exercises in workbook
Write the summary of the story in the notebooks
Preparing for writing lesson